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20th century & contemporary classical music Books

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The Times Lives Behind the Music
The Times Lives Behind the Music
by Nigel Farndale and Times Books
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Time's Echo
Time's Echo
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Sound Bites
Sound Bites
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When Words Fail
When Words Fail
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Sound Within Sound
Sound Within Sound
by Kate Molleson
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The Times Lives Behind the Music
The Times Lives Behind the Music
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The Times Lives Behind the Screen
The Times Lives Behind the Screen
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When We Was Fab
When We Was Fab
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The Oxford History of Western Music: Music in the Late Twentieth Century
The Oxford History of Western Music: Music in the Late Twentieth Century
by Richard Taruskin
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A Brief History of Seven Killings
A Brief History of Seven Killings
by Marlon James
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Behind Dark Eyes
Behind Dark Eyes
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Chasing the Dragon
Chasing the Dragon
by Jeff Apter
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Emma & Claude Debussy
Emma & Claude Debussy
by Gillian Opstad
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Béla Bartók in Italy
Béla Bartók in Italy
by Nicolò Palazzetti
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Gerald Finzi's Letters
Gerald Finzi's Letters
by Diana McVeagh and Michael Middeke
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The Music of James MacMillan
The Music of James MacMillan
by Phillip A. Cooke
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Arvo Paert's Resonant Texts
Arvo Paert's Resonant Texts
by Andrew Shenton
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Loading the Silence: Australian Sound Art in the Post-Digital Age
Loading the Silence: Australian Sound Art in the Post-Digital Age
by Linda Ioanna Kouvaras
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Encounters with British Composers
Encounters with British Composers
by Andrew Palmer
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Constant Lambert
Constant Lambert
by Stephen Lloyd
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Britten in Pictures
Britten in Pictures
by Lucy Walker
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NSYNC 30th Anniversary Celebration
NSYNC 30th Anniversary Celebration
by Selena Fragassi
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Seven Deadly Sins
Seven Deadly Sins
by Corey Taylor
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Tori Amos's Boys for Pele
Tori Amos's Boys for Pele
by Amy Gentry
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The Life and Works of Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991)
The Life and Works of Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991)
by Beata Boles?awska and translated by Richard J. Reisner
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The Cello and the Nightingales
The Cello and the Nightingales
by Beatrice Harrison, Patricia Cleveland-Peck and Maria Popova
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Supreme Sirens
Supreme Sirens
by Marcellas Reynolds
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Another Year of Wonder
Another Year of Wonder
by Clemency Burton-Hill
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Electronic and Experimental Music
Electronic and Experimental Music
by Thom Holmes
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The Silent Musician
The Silent Musician
by Mark Wigglesworth
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Symphony of Seduction: The Great Love Stories of Classical Composers
Symphony of Seduction: The Great Love Stories of Classical Composers
by Christopher Lawrence
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Arhoolie Records Down Home Music
Arhoolie Records Down Home Music
by Joel. Selvin
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Mr Todd's Marvel
Mr Todd's Marvel
by Adam Courtenay
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Playing to Win
Playing to Win
by Jeff Apter
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Dylan, Lennon, Marx and God
Dylan, Lennon, Marx and God
by Jon Stewart
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The World of Bob Dylan
The World of Bob Dylan
by Brian Hosmer and Sean Latham
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Negatives
Negatives
by Amy Fleisher Madden
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The Musical Child
The Musical Child
by Joan Koenig
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Music Comes Out of Silence
Music Comes Out of Silence
by András Schiff
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Whole Notes
Whole Notes
by Ed Ayres
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Ocean of Sound
Ocean of Sound
by David Toop
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Minimalists
Minimalists
by K Robert Schwartz
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Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
by Paul Myers
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Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff
by Michael Scott
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The Work of Karlheinz Stockhausen Volume 2
The Work of Karlheinz Stockhausen Volume 2
by Flo Menezes
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The Mozart Week of the German Reich
The Mozart Week of the German Reich
by Dr Marie-Helene Benoit-Otis, Dr Cecile Quesney and Stacey Brown
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European Composers on the American Tour, 1900-1914
European Composers on the American Tour, 1900-1914
by Dr Matthew Frerking Reese
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Quartet for the End of Time
Quartet for the End of Time
by Michael Symmons Roberts
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